Jean-Julien Pous

Video Artist

Seeking You

Short Film, 3d Animation, rotoscopy and digital photography, 3'17, 2008



A man lost his love. He decides to go out and find her in the night of Hong Kong, only to realise that it's not with her he's in love, but with the city itself.

“A poetically ambiguous ode to sensuality, seduction and, ultimately, the cacophonous beauty of Hong Kong. Its hybrid imagery dances between the figurative and abstract, pulling the viewer into a vortex of sensory overload inspired by the film’s subject matter.”

- Justin Cone, founder of Motionographer.com



Awards


Best Animation, Zuma Film Festival
Platinum Remi Awards, WorldFest Huston
Laureate, Young Directors Forum, Meribel
Best New Arrival, Rotterdam International Film Festival
 




 



Screenings


Finisterra Arrábida Film Art & Tourism Festival
Urban Film Festival, 104, Paris
The Veggie Table, Beijing
Kunsthaus Tacheles, Berlin, Germany
Cyber Sousa-Xiamen International Animation Festival
Culture Unplugged Festival, Spirit Enlightened and We speak here
Animafest Zagreb
Festival Int. du Film d'Environnement
Cancun Film Festival
China Cristal Awards, Dubai & Saõ Paulo
Cannes Film Festival, ShortfilmCorner, France
Le Cube, France
Folie-Ô-Skop, Québec
Moves09, Manchester, UK
Nemo, Forum des Images, Paris
Cinequest / Maverick, USA
Kan Film Festival, Poland
Breda International Film Festival, the Netherlands
Anima, Belgium
Future Film Festival, Italy
Slamdance, USA
Dailymotion, La Séance, France
Galerie Chappe, France
Animated Dreams - Tallin Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia
PISAF, South Korea
Take-2 International Student Film Festival, Ireland
Corona Cork Film Festival, Ireland
Passau Film festival, Germany
Contravision, Germany
Freedom Of Choice, Portugal / Turkey / Armenia / Italy
Mar del Plata, Argentina
Raindance Film Festival, UK
CICDAF, China
Montreal World Film Festival
onedotzero, UK
 



Broadcasting


RTP, Portugal
Culture TV
Transfera TV, Spain
Indieroad, USA
NoLife TV, France
 



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Credits


Written & Directed by: Jean-Julien Pous
Sound design: Jean-Julien Pous
Sound assistant: Giles Chin
Additional compositing: Keiko Furukawa
Additional matte painting: Louis-Etienne Vallée
Subtitles: Sarah Hill, Casey Kwan, Anne-Marie Bordas, Annie Au-Yeung
Voice-over: Jean-Julien Pous
Music: Carmen, Georges Bizet / Grace Chang(葛蘭) / EMI Music Hong Kong